Listen "Municipal Cybersecurity and Defending Infrastructure | Dr. Brian Gardner, CISO, City of Austin"
Episode Synopsis
Meet Dr. Brian Gardner, who secured the City of Dallas for over 7 years before moving to Austin as the City’s CISO. In this episode of the Be Fearless Podcast, Brian shares war stories from managing critical infrastructure, how he grew Dallas's cybersecurity budget from 2.3% to nearly 10% of the IT spend, and dives into the unique challenges cities face with shadow SaaS and browser security.0:00 Episode highlights and introduction5:43 On crisis recovery and resilience14:29 Wearing multiple hats from CIO to CTO to CISO19:49 Growing cyber budgets alongside cyber programs25:22 Defending critical infrastructure such as tornado sirens and cameras38:38 Browser security and SaaS app challenges47:58 The origins of the Coalition of City CISOs51:41 Closing: on fostering kids and future plans🔔 Follow Brian and John on:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-gardner-ph-d-3588a929/https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncarse/🔥 Powered by SquareXDeployed as a lightweight extension, SquareX turns any browser, on any device, into a secure enterprise browser. Find out more about SquareX at https://hubs.la/Q03rPcbf0
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